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32:1 So these <0428> three <07969> men <0582> refused <07673> to answer <06030> Job <0347> further, because <03588> he <01931> was righteous <06662> in his own eyes <05869>. 32:2 Then Elihu <0453> son <01121> of Barakel <01292> the Buzite <0940>, of the family <04940> of Ram <07410>, became very angry <0639> <02734>. He was angry <0639> <02734> with Job <0347> for <05921> justifying <06663> himself <05315> rather than God <0430>. 32:3 With Job’s three <07969> friends <07453> he was also angry <0639> <02734>, because <05921> they could not <03808> find <04672> an answer <04617>, and so declared Job <0347> guilty <07561>. 32:4 Now Elihu <0453> had waited <02442> before speaking <01697> to Job <0347>, because <03588> the others <01992> were older <02205> than <04480> he was. 32:5 But when Elihu <0453> saw <07200> that <03588> the three <07969> men <0376> had no <0369> further reply <04617>, he became very angry <0639> <02734>. 32:6 So Elihu <0453> son <01121> of Barakel <01292> the Buzite <0940> spoke up <06030>: “I <0589> am young <03117> <06810>, but you <0859> are elderly <03453>; that is why <03651> I was fearful <02119>, and afraid <03372> to explain <02331> to you what I know <01843>. 32:7 I said <0559> to myself, ‘Age <03117> should speak <01696>, and length <07230> of years <08141> should make <03045> wisdom <02451> known <03045>.’ 32:8 But <0403> it <01931> is a spirit <07307> in people <0582>, the breath <05397> of the Almighty <07706>, that makes <0995> them understand <0995>. 32:9 It is not <03808> the aged <07227> who are wise <02449>, nor old men <02205> who understand <0995> what is right <04941>. 32:10 Therefore <03651> I say <0559>, ‘Listen <08085> to me. I, even <0637> I, will explain <02331> what I <0589> know <01843>.’ 32:11 Look <02005>, I waited <03176> for you to speak <01697>; I listened <0238> closely to your wise thoughts,while <08394> you <05704> were searching for <02713> words <04405>. 32:12 Now <05704> I was paying <0995> you close attention <0995>, yet there was no one <0369> proving <03198> Job <0347> wrong <03198>, not one of <04480> you was answering <06030> his statements <0561>! 32:13 So do not <06435> say <0559>, ‘We have found <04672> wisdom <02451>! God <0410> will refute <05086> him, not <03808> man <0376>!’

• Job 32:1-5 --

  V. The Speeches of Elihu (32:1-37:24)

  Elihu's First Speech
• Job 32:6-14 -- Elihu Claims Wisdom

• UZ (1)

  [isbe] UZ (1) - uz (uts 'erets uts; Os, Ox, Ausitis): Biblical Data: (1) In Gen 10:23 Uz is the oldest son of Aram and grandson of Shem, while in 1 Ch 1:17 Uz is the son of Shem. Septuagint inserts a passage which supplies this lac...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• RAM (1)

  [isbe] RAM (1) - ram (ram, "high," "exalted"): (1) An ancestor of David (Ruth 4:19 (Arran); Mt 1:3,4 (Aram); in 1 Ch 2:9 he is called the "brother," but in 2:25, the "son of Jerahmeel" (compare 2:27). Ram as the son of Hezron appea...
  

• PSYCHOLOGY

  [isbe] PSYCHOLOGY - si-kol'-o-ji: 1. Introduction: Scope of Biblical Psychology 2. Nature and Origin of the Soul 3. False Theories 4. Creationism and Traducianism 5. Trichotomy 6. Scriptural Terms 7. Pauline Expressions 8. Monism a...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• KINDRED

  [isbe] KINDRED - kin'-dred: Several words are rendered "kindred" in the King James Version. 'ach, "brother," was used loosely among Hebrews for a member of the same tribe or family, a relative; and is once translated "kindred" (1 C...
  

• KEMUEL

  [isbe] KEMUEL - kem'-u-el, ke-mu'-el (qemu'el, "God's mound"): (1) Nephew of Abraham (Gen 22:21), father of Aram, whom Ewald identifies with Ram of Job 32:2; but compare Gen 10:22, where Aram is described as one of the children of ...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• INSPIRATION, 1-7

  [isbe] INSPIRATION, 1-7 - in-spi-ra'-shun: 1. Meaning of Terms 2. Occurrences in the Bible 3. Consideration of Important Passages (1) 2 Timothy 3:16 (2) 2 Peter 1:19-21 (3) John 10:34 f 4. Christ's Declaration That Scripture Must B...
  

• Heathen

  [nave] HEATHEN Under this head are grouped all who are not embraced under the Abrahamic covenant. Cast out of Canaan, Lev. 18:24, 25; Psa. 44:2; and their land given to Israel, Psa. 78:55; 105:44; 135:12; 136:21, 22; Isa. 54:1-3. ...
  

• Elihu

  [ebd] whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opini...
  [nave] ELIHU 1. A Buzite and one of Job's three friends, Job 32-37. 2. Son of Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1. Probably identical with Eliel, 1 Chr. 6:34, and Eliab, 1 Chr. 6:27. 3. A Manassite warrior, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - es-ka-tol'-o-ji A) Scope of Article B) Dr. Charles' Work C) Individual Religion in Israel I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS 1. Idea of God 2. Idea of Man Body, Soul and Spirit 3. Sin and Death II. CONCE...
  

• DEATH

  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  

• CONVINCE

  [isbe] CONVINCE - kon-vins' (elegcho): Another form etymologically of "convict," means to bring to a decision concerning the truth or the falsehood of a proposition (Job 32:12). As usually applied to what is of a more individual an...
  

• Buz

  [ebd] contempt. (1.) The second son of Nahor and Milcah, and brother of Huz (Gen. 22:21). Elihu was one of his descendants (Job 32:2). (2.) One of the chiefs of the tribe of Gad (1 Chr. 5:14). (3.) A district in Arabia Petrea (Jer...
  

• BUZ; BUZI; BUZITE

  [isbe] BUZ; BUZI; BUZITE - buz, bu'-zi, buz'-it ( buz): (1) Second son of Nahor (Gen 22:21). The word occurs again in Jer 25:23, by the side of Dedan (Gen 10:7) and Tema (Gen 25:15), and is probably, therefore, the name of a people...
  

• Age

  [ebd] used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26)....
  

• ANTHROPOLOGY

  [isbe] ANTHROPOLOGY - an-thro-pol'-o-ji: I. TERMS EMPLOYED II. NATURE OF MAN BIBLICAL CONCEPTION III. ORIGIN OF MAN FROM SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT: NARRATIVES OF CREATION IV. UNITY OF THE RACE: VARIOUS THEORIES V. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AS TO...
  

• AGE; OLD AGE

  [isbe] AGE; OLD AGE - In individual lives (cheledh; helikia): We have scarcely any word in the Old Testament or New Testament which denotes "age" in the familiar modern sense; the nearest in the Old Testament is perhaps heledh, "li...
  

• The Wrath of Elihu

  

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